Oyo police arrest 2 illegal transborder ammunition traffickers

Oyo State Police command, connected Friday, revealed that it has arrested 2 amerciable transborder ammunition traffickers.

The bid made this known successful a connection signed by its Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade.

The connection was made disposable to DAILY POST connected Friday.

Ayanlade said the 2 suspects, identified arsenic Isiaka Dare and Taiwo Ayodabo, were arrested successful Saki town.

He said the suspects run crossed planetary terrain, trafficking ammunition illegally from the Republic of Benin into Nigeria done unauthorized borderline routes.

Ayanlade said, “In furtherance of this commitment, operatives of the Command Monitoring Unit, Saki Operation Base, acting connected credible and actionable intelligence, executed a coordinated intelligence-led cognition which led to the apprehension of 2 suspected planetary weapon runners.

“The suspects, identified arsenic Isiaka Dare ‘m’, aged 35 years, and Taiwo Ayodabo ‘m’, aged 33 years, some of Tede, were apprehended astatine Budo Mosalasi, Saki.

“Corroborating this intelligence, operatives recovered 1 100 and 5 (105) packets of pump-action cartridges concealed successful 4 (4) jerry cans/kegs, with each packet containing twenty-five (25) cartridges, amounting to a full of 2 1000 six 100 and twenty-five (2,625) cartridges.

“Two unregistered motorcycles believed to person been utilized for the il...